Passages

Passages “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”

Employer Bankruptcy effects

A video that every employee (and many retirees) should see. Watch all the segments. Here is a link to a PBS Frontline video on corporate Chapter 11 bankruptcy and it’s effects on pay, retirement, pensions and other benefits. It features United Airlines employees. It’s worth watching. It’s also a huge reminder of the signifcant losses…

757’s that are being outsourced to TIMCO

These are the 4 757’s that will be outsourced to TIMCO.  Acft       Fleet                      Subfleet  Dock                Span         Start                  Finish 5CK 757 75W OS1 38 11/1/2011 12/9/2011 5CL 757 75W OS1 38 12/10/2011 1/18/2012 5CP 757 75W OS1 36 1/19/2012 2/23/2012 5CM 757 75W OS1 36 2/24/2012 3/30/2012  

TWU Mechanic & Related Contract Mediation Update – 11-18-2011

Our meeting with the Company scheduled for this week has been postponed until the week of December 12, 2011. We were notified by the Company earlier this week, that they wanted to postpone the November supposal discussions. They stated this was due to the uncertainty of both where the pilot discussions were, along with the…

TULSA 66ERS, TULSA TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION SERVE THANKSGIVING FEAST

TULSA, Okla., November 17, 2011 Members of the Tulsa 66ers front office partnered up with the Tulsa Transport Workers Union Thursday to volunteer at the annual Tulsa Dream Center Thanksgiving Feast, helping serve hot meals to hundreds of Tulsa citizens in need. “We really enjoyed teaming up with the Tulsa 66ers today,” Local 514 member…

Occupy National Roundup: Politicians Crack Down, Protests Keep Growing

New York – Last night, billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg sent a massive police force to evict members of the public from Liberty Square – home of Occupy Wall Street for the past two months. People who were part of a dynamic civic process were beaten and pepper-sprayed, their personal property destroyed. Supporters of this rapidly growing…

APA Update

American Airlines parent AMR Corp. Stock tumbled the most in six weeks in New York trading after trying to end a five- year stalemate with a contract proposal that offers pilots smaller pay increases than they had sought. The Allied Pilots Association said today it was reviewing the plan as its board began a three-day…